You just need to be able to read from somthing like STDIN and write to something like STDOUT.....even a good old IBM 370 should have been able to do similar things (ok ok, it had no web server...)
nice discussion ;-) > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Craig Cardimon [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2003 17:12 > An: 'intertwingled'; Schmidt, Thomas > Cc: 'Lee Goddard'; 'Hudson T. Clark'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: RE: AW: Is Perl A Dead end? > > CGI written in COBOL? I didn't know you could that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: intertwingled [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:04 AM > To: Schmidt, Thomas > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lee Goddard; Hudson T. Clark; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: AW: Is Perl A Dead end? > > > Schmidt, Thomas wrote: > > >No Sinclair ZX 80 or Commodore PET fan around here? > >Go away with your modern things like QBASIC. > > > >Anybody around here interested in my COBOL-Socket-Server? > > > > > Don't joke about that.... I've seen examples of CGI written in COBOL. > *cringe* > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > >>Von: Craig Cardimon [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2003 15:50 > >>An: 'intertwingled' > >>Cc: 'Lee Goddard'; 'Hudson T. Clark'; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Betreff: RE: Is Perl A Dead end? > >> > >>I messed around with Q-Basic back around 1994, when I was a very eager > >>and inexperienced programmer. > >> > >>That's almost 10 years ago. Holy cow, how time flies! > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: intertwingled [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:47 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Cc: 'Lee Goddard'; 'Hudson T. Clark'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: Is Perl A Dead end? > >> > >> > >>Actually, Q-Basic (QuickBasic) is not a bad little language at all. > >>And > >>come to think of it, it's the last GOOD language ever to come out of > >>Microsoft. > >> > >>Tony > >> > >>Craig Cardimon wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I must stand up for Perl here. He's an old buddy of mine and the > >>>first > >>>language I really learned. > >>> > >>>I'm not counting Q-Basic (remember that one?) because I never got my > >>>hands dirty with it. > >>> > >>>I would agree that Perl is, indeed, a Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish > >>>Lister, but only when I do something wrong. > >>> > >>>When I get it right, however, Perl shines through the muck of > >>>whatever > >>>mountain of text I need to process. > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >>>intertwingled > >>>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:46 AM > >>>To: Lee Goddard > >>>Cc: Hudson T. Clark; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Subject: Re: Is Perl A Dead end? > >>> > >>> > >>>Funniest acronym expansion I've ever heard for Perl is > >>>"Poor Excuse for a Real Language". > >>> > >>>;-) > >>> > >>>Tony > >>> > >>>Lee Goddard wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Someone wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>Perl stands for "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language". > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>Says who? Read perldoc perl to find > >>>> > >>>>"Perl actually stands for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, > >>>>but don't tell anyone I said that." > >>>> > >>>>I broke the bond of trust telling you that. > >>>> > >>>>Lee > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>--- > >>>>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > >>>>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >>>>Version: 6.0.529 / Virus Database: 324 - Release Date: 16/10/2003 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________> > >>>>ActivePerl mailing list > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>ActivePerl mailing list > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>ActivePerl mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysub > >> > >s > > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >- > > > >Important Note > >This e-mail message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. > If you are not an > >addressee or otherwise authorized to receive this message, you should not > use, copy, disclose > >or take any action based on this e-mail or any information contained in the > message. 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